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Gleaming red eyes peered from within the darkness, "Explain." The creature's voice was low, a slight rumble to be heard, "Why have you come back empty-handed?"
The creature before him, a pitiful thing at that, whimpered as it bowed its head, "I'm sorry my lord. A human and a goddess interfered before I could complete the mission." Its red eyes, much dimmer than its apparent master, were clutched in fear, "I would have never returned if I had a choice, Master."
The master scoffed, "That should have never stopped you." Despite its anger, its voice stayed the same soothing tone, "You could have taken the human, turned him even. Are you so incompetent?" It raised its body from the ebony throne it sat on, the shadows still covering his form.
"I... I tried my lord. " 'Loser' admitted in shame, "For some reason, though, my venom did not turn him." He watched from the corner of his eyes as his master started to walk down the steps leading to the throne.
Master scoffed, its armored fist lashing out and punching 'Loser' straight in the face. The sound of bones breaking, and an agonizing scream was music to its ears, "Do you take me for a fool? Do you think me blind?" It asked, a tinge of anger evident in its tone, "I saw what you did! I saw how you tried to toy with him, make a fool out of him."
"No... sorry master." 'Loser' apologized, "It won't happen again." He rubbed his face as the bones in his face started to regenerate.
"I AM NOT DONE SPEAKING!" Master screamed, the entire floor shaking under its powerful voice. It was this close to killing the insect before him. Its entire form started trembling with an even greater anger, "Never interrupt me when I am speaking! Do I make myself clear?"
Loser winced as his body was pushed to the ground under the oppressive force excluding from his master, "...S-so-sorry!"
"You have been a weakling for your entire undead life... I'm starting to think I made a mistake in turning you...Alexander..." Master's eyes were gleaming dangerously as its armored hand grabbed the neck of its servant, its metallic talons drawing black blood as they dug into the weak skin, "Give me one good reason as to why I shouldn't just end you... permanently!"
Alexander coughed as he tried to pry open the hand holding him, "Unghh."
"The one thing I expected you to do without failing... you went and failed." Master's grip tightened, "I have no use for such a failure. You have failed me for the last time!" Its red eyes glowed brightly as shadows started to converge on Alexander, "Durerea și mizeria vor fi însoțitorul tău."
"Compassion!" Alexander managed to scream out, his red eyes bulging as the grip on his throat started to choke him.
"Prin puterea mea, nu vei avea pace în acest domeniu." Master ignored the pitiful screaming of his former servant, "Lasă mânia mea să fie cunoscută tuturor celor care îmi poartă semnul." It ended its intoning as the shadows consumed the vampire, its screams echoing throughout the place of residence, "Fiți unul cu ei."
The shadows swayed like the wind as their master took a seat in its glorious throne, "What would... you have... us do?" Their voice was like that of a rustling shadow, which was quite apt, "We can... complete the mission... that he failed... if you wish."
"Go... my children... find the human and bring him to me... and stay hidden from the sight of the goddess," Master commanded, its voice back to its soothing quality. It watched as the shadows left its form and slithered across the ground, towards the massive door that allowed entry to the outside world and vice versa.
In the shadows of the night, where no man will ever seek, a single human rushed through the forest. Her wide brown eyes showed the sheer terror she felt as she ran as fast as she could. She could still hear the monster chasing her, its paws crushing branches and rocks as it followed her.
She continued ducking under branches, making sure not to slow down for too long. She knew that if she got to a large body of water, she would be safe from what was hunting her.
"AROO!" The creature behind her howled, it's large form coming into view. It had long orange fur, with eyes of burning cinder. Its long snout was adorned by three whiskers on each side, "Stay still!"
The young woman scowled at the large fox, it was roughly the size of a horse, "No! Why won't you leave me alone!?" She paused when she came to a large cliff, her body coming to a sudden stop as fear of tumbling over and dying took hold.
"I've got you now." The creature growled, its rows of razor sharp teeth glinting. Its wicked eyes reflected the moonlight that shone down upon him, "Why don't you make things easy and come with me?"
The woman whimpered as her situation came to mind, "Or what!?"
"Or nothing! I won't allow you to escape!" The fox snarled, ready to lunge at her. His sharp claws were digging into the ground, his anger visible as the fur that adorned his body stood on end.
"Stand ho!" A feminine voice shouted into the clearing, "Leaveth the young maiden high-lone, 'r visage our arrows and bodkins" A young woman, roughly fourteen, walked into the clearing, followed by a small group of seven others females. They all held bows in their hands, quivers of arrows hanging off their backs.
The fox snarled, "Why would I do such a thing? This woman... this monster needs to die!"
"Nay." The girl, the leader, spoke, "I doth not wisheth to harmeth thee." Her eyes were soft as she looked at fox before her, "If 't be true thee doth not leaveth, though, I shalt beest f'rc'd to taketh actions yond I wouldst pref'r to avoideth"
"Never...I will have my vengeance today." The fox's tail split into nine smaller ones as they swayed in the wind, "I will give you one chance to leave unharmed... I do not wish to harm anyone but my target."
The girl frowned as she pulled out an arrow, "Wherefore doth thee wisheth to causeth harmeth to h'r?" She motioned for the rest of the girls to do the same but to not fire until she commanded it.
"There was a small orphanage roughly ten miles from here." The fox's anger died down slightly, replaced by sorrow, as he thought about what happened. He looked at the woman, his glare, not as hateful as before, "She used to work there... but not because she cared about the kids."
"I was sent there to stop her, to protect the kids, but by the time I had gotten there," He clenched his front-right paw, "I was too late to stop her... she had killed all most all of the kids there, saving a few as a snack to be eaten on the road." His anger surged back to what it was before, even reaching a new high, "Which is why, I can not allow this... thing... to live anymore."
"I can not believeth yond someone couldst doth such a thing," The girl intoned, although, she was disgusted by the new info, "How doth I not knoweth yond thee w're not the one to doth t?"
The fox glared at her, his eyes nearly burning a hole in her, "Never! NEVER! Insinuate that I would do such a thing!" His howl of anger tore through the clearing, causing a few of the old trees to fall over, "I would never harm a child. They are some of the most innocent things in the world, things to be cherished... protected and loved."
"Gage to me, on the riv'r styx, yond what that gent is declaring, is not true." The girl stated as she frowned at the woman, doubt creeping at the back of her mind, "If 't be true thou art innocent of this claimeth, thee shall beest und'r our protection."
The woman nodded eagerly, "Of course! I swear on the river Styx... that I have not done what this beast has claimed!" She glared at the fox, though, that quickly fell as thunder boomed across the sky, "What was that!?"
"Thy holidam hast been done accept by mistress Styx" The girl frowned. Seeing nothing happen, she turned to the fox with a glare, "And t appears the beast hast did lie to us."
"I have not lied." The fox frowned at her, "I know not how this river works... but I am-what the hell is going on!?" His attention snapped to the woman who had made the oath.
Her face was green as she held her stomach, discomfort evident. She was trying to hold down the food that she had eaten for lunch, although, it was very difficult for her.
The girl and her companions lowered their bows from the massive fox... and pointed it at the woman. They watched as she vomited up her lunch, a green liquid surrounding all the items that had come up.
One of the items caused the fox to close his eyes in sadness. It was a small skull... roughly the size of a small child. Opening his eyes, his tailed lunged at the woman and grabbed her by her arms, "Your deceit has become known, monster."
"T appears yond thee w're telling the sooth," The young girl whispered softly, her black eyes narrowed in a hateful glare at the woman, "Thee has't mine own mistress's blessing to doth what thee wisheth, only spareth h'r from death."
The fox ignored her as his tails started to crush his victim's arms, anger clouding his judgment. Two of his tails went to her legs and started to crush them as well, "Why? She needs to die! She has caused too much harm to be allowed to live!"
"Mine own mistress wishes to punisheth h'r." The girl intoned with a frown, "Taketh comf'rt in knowing yond the lady shall suff'r f'r h'r sins."
The fox's tails loosened slightly, but not enough that the woman could escape, "...Very well. She will live!" His tails went to her ankles and started crushing them, "But not before I dish out my own against her!"
"I want you to know this," He lifted her up by her ankles and watched as she dangled, "You shall receive no mercy, no compassion, no love from any living creature on this Earth."
His snout was so close to her, that she could feel his warm breath brush her face, "When Death finally claims you... you shall not be allowed into the hallowed grounds of Heaven, Third Heaven, Nirvana, Elysium, Paradise, Aru, Mag Mell... not even the House of Song will welcome you into its abode!"
The girl and her friends were standing behind the fox, carefully watching the moon. They were waiting to see if something would come and strike the creature down. Seeing nothing, they presumed that their Lady agreed with the beast.
"There will only be one who accepts you into his arms." The fox started to turn away from her, his tails still holding on to her, "The father of the lie, bringer of deceit, Satan, will welcome you into his abode! In his embrace, you will suffer through torments that no mortal mind could ever comprehend." He dropped her onto the ground and looked to the girls, "I swear this on every binding deity, whatever religion they may belong to, that what I say is true."
He started to walk away from the cliff, his anger now appeased. He shot a parting glance to the Persian looking girl, "Girl!" He ignored the slightly irritated look on her face, "She is yours... do what you may with her."
With his portion said, he disappeared into the thick woods of the forest, leaving the group of girls with the 'monster'.
Nikola frowned as he saw his son approach him, his clothes all but tatters of what they were when he left, "How did it go?" Obviously, it hadn't gone as expected, but he wanted to know the details, "Did something happen?"
"I was too late," Naruto grit his teeth in sheer anger, his eyes burning red with fury, "She'd done the deed!" His fingers were akin to claws as he clenched his hands shut, "She ate the children... she fucking ate them."
As his eyes widened, Nikola couldn't help but frown at the news, "Did... did you make her suffer?"
"Trust me, dad." Naruto looked at him, "I made her wish she was never born. I did something so horrible, even Hitler would have been impressed." His eyes conveyed the seriousness of his statement, something that made Nikola pause.
Nikola nodded, "Good," He rested his hand on his son's shoulder, "It's been a long day. Why don't you go freshen up and hit the stack?" He watched as Naruto nodded, before walking off to his room on the second floor of the mansion.
"Dear God... how could someone eat children of all things." Nikola shook his head in sadness, a part of him resolving to prevent such a thing from ever happening again.
Tears... they were flowing out of his eyes as he sat on the bed. No matter how hard he tried, they wouldn't stop flowing. So, he did the only thing he could. He let them flow freely, his arms hugging his knees close to his chest.
"Why?" That was the question that came to his mind. Why did she do it? Why did she take those lives? Why did she take their future? A small part of him, the hormonal teenager, had actually felt something for her. It wasn't that she was insanely hot, because she wasn't, no, it was the way she carried herself.
When he had first arrived there... he had seen this nice lady feeding a group of small children candy. It had warmed his heart to see such a thing... but now, it just made him sick to his stomach.
More tears fell from his eyes as he remembered the smiling faces of the children, the innocent, happy, children. How they ran around and played with each other, not a care in the world.
"...I'm sorry." He muttered into his arms. He could still remember the one girl, she was only four years old, that had given him a big hug when he brought all of them some toys.
He closed his eyes, his good memories replaced with ones that could fill a horror movie. He remembered how some of the kids were hanging from hooks, entire limbs torn from their bodies. In some cases, it was organs that had gone missing. Just the thought of it made him grit his teeth.
The once safe place for abandoned children had become a grave, one soaked in death and blood.
Hades, Lord of the Underworld, was furious as he read the message on his pitch black phone, "Who did this!" His form was wreathed in pitch black flames, his body shining with an unholy light, "I want this monster, woman, whatever she is, found and brought before me!"
Anyone who would eat children deserved the full might of his wrath, compassion and mercy be damned!
His loyal servants, the three furies, nodded, their wings spreading out so as to lift them off the ground. The leader, Alecto, nodded, "We won't rest until we find this thing!" She practically spat out the last word, the venom in her mouth hissing as it hit the rocky ground.
"Good!" Hades nodded, his anger slightly appeased, "Inform me as soon as you find her. If need be, I will come up there myself so as to deal out my own punishment against her."
Seeing them leave, he sat back in his throne, his eyes shadowed by the bangs of his pitch black hair. A part of his cold heart, the part that was a father, broke as he read the report that had come in.
He could only wonder what he would be feeling if it had been his children that were killed and eaten. Would he have been as calm as he was right now? Would he have summoned his entire army to scour the Earth, damning the rules that bound him to the underworld?
"..." He shook his head, now wasn't the time for such thinking. They hadn't been harmed... something that made him feel a bit better. For now, though, he would focus on his work and find the murderer.
Artemis's silver eyes were set into a glare as she stared at the woman before her. "Why?" Her voice was soft, a musical quality to it, as she rested her hand on the woman's cheek, "Why devour the children?"
Her huntresses were standing to the side as she questioned the woman, arrows ready to be fired in case the prisoner escaped.
"Mmph!" The woman screamed into the gag that was in her mouth. Her hands were tied behind her head as a rope connected to the collar on her neck. Artemis herself was holding the other end of the rope, preventing any chance of escape for the woman.
"I know it wasn't because you were hungry." Artemis simply stated, "Maybe you hate children? Maybe you wanted to get back at Naruto for some reason?" Truly, the fact that Naruto was the fox was rather surprising. But instead of being angry or horrified, it made her happy, "So, to reiterate my earlier question, why did you eat them?"
Her soft, freezing cold, hand pulled the gag out of the woman's mouth.
"...I hated them." The woman admitted, her brown eyes conveying the pure madness that had taken a hold of her, "I wanted to see them suffer for what they had done to me." She looked at the stunning woman before her, "You understand... don't you!? They needed to die!" Her voice was hysterical as tears of pure blood started to pour out of her eyes.
Artemis merely frowned at the ramblings of the mad woman. She could feel nothing but sheer anger for the thing in front of her, not an ounce of pity or compassion evident, "He was right... to let you live any longer would be a mistake... but you still need to suffer." She rested her hand on the woman's stomach, "I can not allow you to bring any children into this world... you would make a terrible mother."
Pulling away, her hand now contained a small silver orb, "I will find someone worthy of having this." She handed it to her lieutenant, not taking her eyes of the weeping woman, "There is no chance for redemption, no chance for a reprieve. What the fox said is true... you will end up in Satan's hands." She shook her head in sadness, "A terrible fate for a terrible woman."
Helen frowned as she turned the computer off, her blue eyes tired and weary. The world was going to hell... and it felt like there was nothing she could do to stop it.
She was only one woman... one woman that was stretched too thin. First, there was the Cabal. She knew so little about them, except for the fact that some of the leaders of the world were members of said group. She couldn't do anything about them, at least not yet.
Then there was this mysterious new group called Akatsuki. Apparently, they were hunting abnormals down, either recruiting or killing them. She had no clue as to what their goal was, but she had a hunch that it wasn't a good one.
Finally, there was Naruto Uzumaki, Nikola's son... somehow. After taking the blood back to her lab, she discovered that he wasn't immune to the effects of the venom... his blood was just fighting it so fast that it couldn't take a hold of him. It was honestly amazing, his blood could have so much potential in the medical field.
The problem was that it fought any attempt to create a cure, constantly changing and adapting for its own benefit. For all intents and purposes... Naruto was more than just an abnormal... dare say... he was a Super Abnormal. There were very few that could come under that category, but just because of his blood, he was put into a whole new category.
Making up her mind, she readied herself to tell Nikola the news.
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